One suggested fix resulting from Bluffton’s State Route 103 corridor safety study comes with a $10.4 million price tag.
That solution considers solving the following:
Problems
• Poor access management
• Lack of pedestrian facilities
• Need for crosswalks
• Separate bike and pedestrian facilities
• Congestion by the businesses
• Lack of turn lanes
• Poor sight distance at County Line Road
Bluffton council’s streets, alleys, lights and sidewalk committee meet Feb. 2 with seven agenda items.
These included:
• Asphalt sealing
• Alley vacation
• Riverbend lighting
• 2017 sidewalk connectivity
• State Route 103 corridor study
• South Main and College intersection
• Parkview-Main Street-State Route 103 intersection
Much of the discussion involved the Main-College intersection. Four possible solutions to the safety of the intersection are under discussion.
The Bluffton Tree Commission is in conversation with the Bluffton Lions Club for a tree planting project in several locations in the village.
The commission met Feb. 7. During the meeting Gene Long of Lions presented a club tree planting project. Commission members are receptive to the plan. The first steps are to inspect sites along Snider Road and 313 North Main Street to hlep form a planting plan.
Several additional items were on the Feb. 7 agenda. The minutes of the meeting are attached.
